Improvement in carriage-painters  easels



A... HOGUE. w Carriage-Painter's Easel. No. 160,324 'Pa'tentedMarch2,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIG.

ALEXANDER HOGUE, OF RUTLAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE PAINTERS EASELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 160,324, dated March2, 1875; application filed December 23,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER HOGUE, of Butland, in the county of Meigsand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCarriage-Pain ters Easels and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being had to the accompanying drawings which form part of thisspecification.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved easel. Fig. 2 is a planview of the upper portion of the same, with the parts in a differentrelative position. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical cross-section of thesame, taken through the line x m, Fig. .1. Fig. 4. is a verticalcross-section of the upper portion of the same, taken through the line52 y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved carriage-painterseasel, which shall be simple in construction, and adjustable so as toenable a painter to adjust a carriage-body or other object, while beingpainted, in any desired position for convenience in painting, or for theutilization of light coming from a fixed source; and it con-- sists inthe construction and combination of the various parts, as hereinaftermore fully described.

P is an upright post, about three by five inches in size and aboutthirty inches high, which is supported in an H-shaped frame, F, which ismade to occupy a space about six by six feet in extent and which restsupon casters 0. 1

T is an adjustable platform, which I prefer to make about two feetsquare, hinged to the upper end of the post P by means of lugs L L and apin or bolt, B, the latter passing through holes in the lugs L L, andthrougha hole in the post P near its top, in such a manner that theresulting hinge admits of an inclination of the adjustable platform T toeither side from the horizontal through an arc of ninety degrees, whichaction is better shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. Ois a semicircularratchet-bar, which is attached to the under surface of the adjustableplatform T, with its plane parallel with the planes of the lugs L L, andwhich travels through a mortise, m, through the post P, and which isperforated with a series of holes, h, to receive the ratchet-pin 0,which is worked by means of a foot-lever, Z, the use of whichconstruction is to hold the adjustable platform T, with its incumbentWeight, stationary in any position or angle with the horizontal, withinan arc of ninety degrees. T is a turn-table, nearly the same in form andsize as the adjustable platform T, and which is furnished upon its uppersurface with brads b, and which rests upon the adjustable platform T,with the under surface of the former in close contact with the uppersurface of the latter. It is a rod of metal, which I prefer to makeabout eight inches long, the upper end of which is furnished with athread and nut, a, the lower end being fixed in the center of theadjustable platform T, and passing through the center of the turn-tableT, forming the journal or center round which the latter turns.

In using my improved easel, the bottom or floor of the carriage-body isfirst perforated with a hole to receive the rod It. It is then placedupon the turn-table T, and, by means of the thread and nut a, is drawndown firmly upon the brads b.' Thus secured, it is evident that with theuniversal movement, dependent on the adjustable platform T, theturn-table T, and the casters 0, it may be brought into any desiredposition for convenience in painting, or for the utilization of lightcoming from a fixed source.

The adjustable platform T and the turntable-T may be round instead ofsquare, and the rod B may be removed at pleasure, and longer or shorterone substituted as the service may require; and, for heavy work, theadjustable platform T may be elongated and two posts used instead of thesingle post P.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the adjustable platform T, providedwith a semicircular ratchetbar, 0, with the upright post P and theturn-table T, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I

have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of 7 December, 187 4.

ALEXANDER HOGUE. Witnesses:

OscAE A. HOGUE, J OHN L. HOGUE.

